Victorian Plants. 365 



Leaves pungent-pointed ... ... 1602 



1602. Leaves short-pointed. 



Dwarf ; leaves very small, flat, from ovate- to elliptic- 

 lanceolar, minutely denticulated ; flowers very small, 

 axillary, solitary ; corolla-lobes acute, inside hardly beset 

 with hairlets ; fruit minute. B. ciliatum. 



Leaves long-pointed. 



Diffuse; leaves small, mostly linear-lanceolar, soon spreading; 

 flowers very small, axillary, solitary or crowded ; sepals 

 long-pointed, equal in length to the corolla-tube ; corolla- 

 lobes acute, inside beset with minute' hairlets ; fruit ovate, 

 reddish outside. B. depressum. 



STVPHEXilA. 



1603. Prostrate ... ... 1604 



Erect or diffuse ... ... ... ... ... 1608 



1604. Corolla always bright-red. 



Leaves small, from narrow-lanceolar to almost linear, 

 pungent, denticular-ciliolated ; flowers solitary, axillary, 

 nearly sessile ; sepals comparatively large ; corolla-tube 

 elongated-cylindrical ; corolla-lobes inside densely beset 

 with short somewhat reddish hairlets ; fruit rather large, 

 ovate-globular, dark-greenish outside. S. humifusa. 



Corolla never bright-red * ... ... ... ... 1605 



1605. Corolla inside or wholly white ... ... ... 1606 



Corolla never white ... ... ... .... ... 1607 



1606. Leaves minute. 



Leaves crowded, from ovate- to broad-lanceolar, subtile- 

 pointed, denticular-ciliolated, often recurved at the 

 margin ; flowers solitary or two together, axillary, almost 

 sessile ; corolla very small, its lobes inside densely beset 

 with short white hairlets ; fruit minute. 



S. attenuata. 

 Leaves of rather conspicuous size. 



Alpine or subalpine ; leaves from oval- or lanceolar- to 

 linear- elliptical, pungent-pointed, almost flat, slightly 

 denticular-ciliolated, hardly spreading ; flowers axillary, 

 solitary, almost sessile ; corolla-tube cylindrical, exserted ; 

 lobes inside densely beset with white hairlets; fruit ovate- 

 ellipsoid, outside slightly succulent. S. Fraseri. 



